Common Good

Secrets Have a Cost

Hogwarts - Great Hall
"You're alive and you're well." Albus smiled.
"And back to where we started." Anastasia muttered taking the bag of cockroach clusters from Jacob. "You don't want to keep eating those." 
Jacob shrugged as Albus waved his wand casting a wave of clouds.
"Eyrie, The kingdom of Bhutan." Newt said to the others.
"Correct three points to Hufflepuff." Albus smiled, "Kingdom of Bhutan, it sits high in the Eastern Himalayas. It's a place of indescribable beauty. Some of our most important magic has its origins there. They say if you listen carefully enough, the past whispers to you." 

Albus caused the image to vanish and turned to the group, "Minerva is here should you need anything and we will be having dinner in the village with my brother." Albus said walking away to classes, "He will have rooms prepared for you."
"Dumbledore has a brother?" Lally asked. Anastasia shrugged, "He's Albus, he forgets to tell people certain things."

Hogsmeade Village 
Hog's Head
"There you are, there is more if you want it." Aberforth said slinging the spoon back into the pot. He sent a wink to Anastasia, who smiled and rose her spoon in thanks. 
"Hello you." Jacob said to the Qilin who was looking for food. "Come on get off."
"That's a Qilin. They're incredibly rare." Newt smiled as Jacob set his dish down for the creature. 

"Aberforth?" Anastasia hurried outside into the cold after him. "What did Albus say this time? Actually let me rephrase that, what didn't he say?"
"The boy, Credence as you all keep calling him. I didn't really know, I suspected."
"None of us knew then, but we will get him back." Anastasia gave him a hug, "Lets go in, your going to catch something."

"Everything alright?" Percival asked when they were alone.
"There has been so much deceit that has yet to been patched up." She sighed flopping into a chair. "Tomorrow everything will change."
"I only hope for the better." 

Kingdom of Bhutan
March 16, 1932
"Where are we?" Jacob asked.
"The room we require." Newt asked as they all filed in. 

"It's like three card Monte." Jacob said, "you know with the cups.... It's a muggle thing." 

Albus and Jacob went first. Lally was behind them, "Good luck Bunty girl." 

Newt  and Theseus went and Percival took his case in one hand and Anastasia's free hand in the other. "Ready?"

"Yeah." They were gone. Bunty picked up the final case and she too vanished from the room. 

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"They are not happy." Percival said as they raced down an alley. 

"Really, what gave it away?" Anastasia slashed her wand through the air creating a smokey dragon that caused the Grindelwald followers to run away. They stopped to catch their breathe, "Well this is fun." Percival gasped.

"Very funny. Get down!" Anastasia sent another spell but it was no use, they were cornered. 

"Anastasia Grindelwald, Grindelwald said you might be joining us." Said one of the followers, "Put the cases down and we might consider letting you go." 

The cases were wrenched away from them and opened, there was nothing and then small scorpions began to crawl out of Percival's case. Several fake wands began to float around and trap the attackers from Anastasia's. The two rose their real wands, quickly putting an end to the fight. 

"I think we could do with a holiday." Percival said as they reached the bridge that would take them to the ceremony. Theseus and Lally were already there. "Holiday? Sounds tempting but I'd like to put someone behind bars." Anastasia looked around where's Yusuf?" "There." Theseus nodded as Kama took out more followers. 

"Never thought you'd make it Kama." Theseus smiled. "A few complications but no matter." Kama said as the five headed up. It was time.